Abstract
Agent-based modeling (ABM) is an advanced computational technique that offers
considerable potential to support occupant-centric building design and controls through realistic emulation of human processes and behaviors. Given reliable empirically-based data, ABM can capture human behavior and behavior feedback, thereby representing the reasoning and decision making processes underlying human–
building interactions. Moreover, this bottom-up modeling approach can produce the
effects of collective behavior that emerges from individual-level occupant interactions.
The proposed workshop is targeted at architects, engineers, energy modelers, facility
managers, and building science researchers to develop an understanding of agent-
based occupant models for improving the predictive performance of building simulation thereby supporting energy efficient, demand flexible, and climate resilient buildings.
The participants will be informed about the applicability of ABM among different
building lifecycle phases or spatial scales, methodological insights on the simulation
approaches or data requirements, as well as guidance on choosing the optimal
resolution of the occupants' representation for different use cases. Moreover, a case
study demonstrating the programming of occupant agents, developing ABM, and co-
simulation with a building energy model will be also presented.
considerable potential to support occupant-centric building design and controls through realistic emulation of human processes and behaviors. Given reliable empirically-based data, ABM can capture human behavior and behavior feedback, thereby representing the reasoning and decision making processes underlying human–
building interactions. Moreover, this bottom-up modeling approach can produce the
effects of collective behavior that emerges from individual-level occupant interactions.
The proposed workshop is targeted at architects, engineers, energy modelers, facility
managers, and building science researchers to develop an understanding of agent-
based occupant models for improving the predictive performance of building simulation thereby supporting energy efficient, demand flexible, and climate resilient buildings.
The participants will be informed about the applicability of ABM among different
building lifecycle phases or spatial scales, methodological insights on the simulation
approaches or data requirements, as well as guidance on choosing the optimal
resolution of the occupants' representation for different use cases. Moreover, a case
study demonstrating the programming of occupant agents, developing ABM, and co-
simulation with a building energy model will be also presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of Healthy Buildings Europe 2023 Conference |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Event | 18th Healthy Buildings 2023 Europe Conference: HB' 2023 - Aachen, Germany Duration: 11 Jun 2023 → 14 Jun 2023 |
Conference
| Conference | 18th Healthy Buildings 2023 Europe Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | HB' 2023 |
| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Aachen |
| Period | 11/06/23 → 14/06/23 |
